THE COLOR OF MONEY (Walter Tevis) - May 25/23

 I basically enjoyed this but I was glazing over at the very detailed descriptions of the various pool games. It was never not meaningless to me. But I enjoyed the stretch where Eddie tried to become an art dealer and the climax was pretty engrossing. **1/2 out of ****

MR. BRIDGE (Evan S. Connell) - May 13/23

 Well I didn't realize that this wasn't actually the first book but I doubt it matters much. This took me a while to get through but ultimately I was pretty impressed. Connell does a good job of capturing the inner life of this very stuffy character, and I'm certainly curious to read the same events from the perspective of his wife. *** out of ****

ROSES ARE RED (James Patterson) - May 12/23

 Pretty much the perfect book for our beach vacation in Cocoa Beach. I tore through it over the week that we were there and Patterson's reliance on short chapters and shocking twists keep things interesting. The last-minute twist that Kyle Craig was the Mastermind was genuinely unexpected. Can't wait to see where the series goes from here. *** out of ****